[kepler-dev] Including PDF in Vergil

[Chad Berkley]

We do handle the resources for actors, but we just make assumptions 
about where they are located.  We treat the ptolemy/ptolemy directory as 
a source dir so we don't look for resources there.  Since ptolemy has a 
different organization than kepler, we need to add exclusions/inclusions 
based on the different organization.  If the pdf file were in 
resources/** then it would be found.  In order for it to be found where 
it is now, I'd have to add all of the ptolemy source into the classpath, 
which I don't really want to do because I want to be able to package 
kepler with no source files at all.

chad


Christopher Brooks wrote:
> Hi Chad,
> Thanks!
> Right, I had to run
>  svn update
>  ant update
> to get these changes.
> 
>  From within Kepler, searching for the PDFAttribute does not find it.
> 
> I do get the same error message about sample.pdf missing.
> 
> The build system needs to handle the resources that are needed by the
> actors, I'll update http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4244
> in a moment.
> 
> 
> _Christopher
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Chad Berkley wrote:
>> Hey Christopher,
>>
>> I fixed the compile classpath so the jar file is found now.  A was 
>> able to add the attribute with the tools/Instantiate Attribute menu.  
>> Note that the default value (sample.pdf) won't be found in kepler 
>> because of the way PTII gets set.  I had to copy the sample.pdf file 
>> to the right place manually.  Maybe should just remove that default or 
>> put an if statement in there so that it doesn't throw a moml exception 
>> when the default file isn't found.
>>
>> Make sure to update your build-area to get these changes.
>>
>> chad
>>
>>
>> Christopher Brooks wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>> Kepler fails to build for me after I moved PDFRenderer.jar from 
>>> ptII/lib to
>>> ptII/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer.  To reproduce this:
>>>
>>> cd build-area
>>> ant update
>>> ant update-ptolemy -Drev=head
>>> ant run
>>>
>>> The error message is:
>>>
>>> compile:
>>>   [compile] Compiling ptolemy...
>>>   [compile] Compiling 3277 source files to 
>>> /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ptolemy/target/classes
>>>   [compile] 
>>> /Users/cxh/src/kepler/ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFAttribute.java:46: 
>>> package com.sun.pdfview does not exist
>>>   [compile] import com.sun.pdfview.PDFFile;
>>>   [compile]                        ^
>>>
>>> I updated (but did not check in) build-area/settings/ptolemy-includes
>>> to include:
>>> ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
>>>
>>> But running "ant run" has no effect.
>>>
>>> The jar file is present:
>>>
>>> bash-3.2$ ls -l ../ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
>>> -rw-r--r--  1 cxh  staff  2087109 Jul 13 11:31 
>>> ../ptolemy/ptolemy/vergil/pdfrenderer/PDFRenderer.jar
>>>
>>>
>>> https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/build/documentation/build-system-instructions#modifying-ptolemy-includes-and 
>>>
>>> just says to edit ptolemy-includes, it does not say what, if any, 
>>> other commands should be run.
>>>
>>> What else needs to be done when ptolemy-includes is updated?
>>> Is there anyway that this file can have comments in it that indicate 
>>> what commands need to be run
>>> and also a link to the docs?
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, at this point the PDFAttribute does not appear in Kepler.  I'm 
>>> not sure how to add it, though
>>> I have not looked hard at the docs yet.
>>>
>>> _Christopher
>>>
>>>
>>> Edward A. Lee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've added a PDFAttribute to the Utilities->Decorative library in 
>>>> Vergil
>>>> that allows you to include PDF in a Vergil diagram.
>>>>
>>>> The reason I wanted this was mainly so I could include Latex-formatted
>>>> equations in Vergil diagrams, and get full print resolution when
>>>> printing to PDF for use in papers, books, etc.  For example, see
>>>> attached.
>>>>
>>>> Using requires a new external library, PDFRenderer.jar, which I've
>>>> put in $PTII/lib.  This is a LGPL'd open source product from Sun.
>>>>
>>>> To use it, I use LatexIt (see
>>>> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/math_science/latexit.html
>>>> for the Mac version... I think there are Windows and Linux versions).
>>>>  From LatexIt, I can create a PDF file with an equation.
>>>>
>>>> Then I drag into my Vergil diagram a PDFAttribute, or select
>>>> Edit Custom Icon and drag in a PDFIcon. Double click on that to
>>>> select the PDF file.
>>>>
>>>> To use this, you need to do a CVS update and
>>>> either re-run configure or do
>>>>
>>>>   cd $PTII/bin
>>>>   make
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This will put the jar file in the path for vergil.
>>>>
>>>> Edward
>>>>
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